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Book bound in the skin of a 19th-century Suffolk murderer goes on display

Apr 15 2025: A second copy of a book bound in the skin of a notorious 19th-century murderer is now on display at a Suffolk museum.

However, Horrible Histories creator Terry Deary has told the Guardian that the volume is a “particularly sick” artefact which “shouldn’t be on ...

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AAP files amicus brief in Meta AI copyright case

Apr 14 2025: The Association of American Publishers filed an amicus brief on April 11 supporting authors in their class action lawsuit against Meta for copyright infringement related to AI training.

The brief argues that Meta's use of copyrighted works to train its LLaMA AI model...

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Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries

Apr 11 2025: The Mississippi library commission, which offers services such as specialized research assistance to libraries in the state, has ordered the deletion of two research collections: the race relations database and the gender studies database. The collections were stored in...

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Majority of attempts to ban books in US come from organised groups not parents

Apr 08 2025: A large majority of attempts to ban books in the US last year came from organised groups rather than parents.

72% of demands to censor books were initiated by pressure groups, government entities and elected officials, board members and administrators, reported the ...

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The ALA sues over the scuppering of the IMLS

Apr 08 2025: The American Library Association (ALA) and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), whose members include museum and library workers nationwide, have sued over what the ALA called, in a release, “the Trump administration’s gutting of ...

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21 States sue Trump administration over scuttling of IMLS, other agencies

Apr 07 2025: Attorneys general from 21 states have sued the Trump administration to block its recent efforts to scuttle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and six other federal agencies.

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Being a librarian was already hard. Then came the Trump administration

Apr 07 2025: For many librarians, the stakes of the job are high – they’re facing burnout, book bans, legislation pushed by rightwing groups, and providing essential resources in an effort to fill gaps in the US’s social safety net.

Now, as Donald Trump’s administration rolls out...

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US authors’ copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft combined in New York with newspaper actions

Apr 04 2025: Twelve US copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft have been consolidated in New York, despite most of the authors and news outlets suing the companies being opposed to centralization.

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